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Biofuels Might Hold Back Progress Combating Climate Change
2014-03-31 16:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has for the first time acknowledged the risks of uncontrolled biofuels development, a skepticism that has slowly emerged into the mainstream scientific community, say academics. IPCC's Working Group II report, released this morning in Yokohama, Japan, indicates that the U.N. scientific body on climate change has loosened its 2007 position that defines biofuels as a mitigation strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The report affirms that...
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How US scuppered climate progress at Copenhagen
2014-03-31 13:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Today the IPCC launches its latest review of world climate. But how to translate its grim findings into action when US is deploying its full armoury of intelligence and diplomatic dirty tricks to sink any prospect of an effective global climate agreement? The climate talks were deliberately and highly effectively scuppered by a 'dirty tricks' operation carried out by the NSA and other US security agencies - including the pivotal leak to The Guardian of the Danish text. Today the IPCC revealed...
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GLOBAL: "Dynamic" growth in Asia fuels malt's sustained progress - research
2014-03-27 12:57:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The malt whisky sector grew by 46.7% between 2003 and 2012, according to a new report from just-drinks and The IWSR, hitting a record high in 2012 of 7.8m cases, fuelled by strong growth in Asia.
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NEMA Welcomes Progress on Environmental Goods Trade
2014-03-25 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NEMA welcomed March 21 notification to Congress by U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman of Obama administration's intention to enter into plurilateral negotiations under auspices of World Trade Organization (WTO). These negotiations focus on eliminating customs tariffs on range of environmental goods. After congratulating President Obama and USTR Froman, NEMA President and CEO Evan R. Gaddis said he looked forward to working to build support on Capitol Hill and globally.<br /> This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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EUROPE: MEPs visit Bangladesh to discuss progress on safety
2014-03-24 11:17:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A delegation of the European Parliament is visiting Bangladesh this week, ahead of the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in which more than 1,100 garment workers lost their lives.
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